June 25, 2012 Issue
Cover art by: Cover illustration by Mirko Ilic, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Feature
Why Elites Fail
They’re hyper-educated, ambitious and well rewarded. So why are our elites so incompetent?
Chris Hayes
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A Politics for the 99 Percent
Progressives must take the fall election seriously, even as they challenge the limits of the debate.
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
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Egypt at War With Itself
On the eve of the presidential runoff, a once-molten political landscape has hardened into a handful of rival camps.
Stephen Glain
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Editorial
Obama’s Kill List: Silence Is Not an Option
Liberals raised a ruckus over Bush’s abuses. Let’s hold this president to the same standard.
The Editors
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Chris Hayes and ‘Heroes’
The MSNBC host and Nation editor at large has always been a thoughtful and fair journalist. That includes how he conducted himself in the controversy around his Memorial Day show.
The Editors
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The Lessons of Wisconsin
The depressing defeat of the recall suggests that “money power” cannot be easily thwarted, even by determined “people power.”
John Nichols
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Noted
Jacob Remes on the student strikes in Quebec; plus, a well-deserved prize for Katha Pollitt
Various Contributors
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A Crisis of Spirit in the Age of ‘Colbert’
The values of the market have come to permeate every aspect of our society.
Eric Foner
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Column
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How Our Genetic Maps Are Being Sold to the Highest Bidder
People who give DNA samples—and big bucks—to companies in exchange for information on their potential medical risks are handing over more than saliva.
Patricia J. Williams
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Show Us the Money
A web of right-wing groups bankrolled by billionaires dominates our politics. Our media shouldn’t let them remain in the shadows.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
A Crisis of Spirit in the Age of ‘Colbert’
The values of the market have come to permeate every aspect of our society.
Eric Foner
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The Higher Bealism: The Moral Limits of Markets
Why are moral and political thinkers failing to engage with the true, dispiriting scale of market sovereignty?
Chris Lehmann
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Ghosts and Machines: On Anne Tyler and Peter Carey
The Beginner’s Goodbye, The Chemistry of Tears and the burden of inheritance.
Leo Robson
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3243
Don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto